Faucet.



` PATE-MED JUNE 2, .1903.

P. SCHUELER.

FAUCET. ABPLIOA'TION FILED Jump 14. 1902 rNO MODEL.

, Il Il!! INVENTOR 'ATTORNEY Patented J' une 2, 1903.

ATENT OFFICE.

FAUGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,678, dated June 2, 1903.

Application iiled .Tuly 14. 1902.

To all whom it con/cern.:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK SCHUELER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of measuring-faucets; and the objects of my invention are to provide an improved faucet construction whereby the liquid passingtherethrough may be measured and registered and to produce certain improvements in details of construction,which will be more fully pointed out hereinafter. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of my improved measuring-faucet. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view, and Fig. 4 is a sectional View on line on :n of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

1 represents the faucet-body, which comprises the round inner end or head portion la, from which projects laterally the spigot 1b, the central passage 1c of the latter leading to the center of said enlarged inner end portion la. The head la is intersected bya rotatable vertically-arranged valve 2, the latter being in the nature of a plug having in its lower and tapering portion an angular passage,`

the upper arm of which leads through the side of said valve-body and the-lower arm of which leads through the lower end of said valve and communicates with the interior of a cylindrical cup or casing 4, the upper end of which is detachably'connected with the under side of said faucet-head.

On the lower and downwardly-projecting end of the valve 2 and within the upper portion of the casing 4 is carried a disk 5, the latter havingformedtherein at a point near its periphery a vertical opening 6, which is adapted to register with a corresponding recess 7 in the under side of the faucet-body.

Formed with the center of the lower end of the casing 4 is a downwardly-extending out let-neck 8, the latter having formed therein a slottedopening 9, having the form of an inverted T, as indicated in Fig. 1. The

Serial No. 115,591. (No model.)

mouth of the outlet 8 is adapted to be closed by a plug or valve 10, carried on the lower end of an upwardly-extending stem 11, the upper end portion of which is formed with a right-angle bend' terminating in a vertical pin-like projection'll, Connected with the lower side of the plug or valve 10 is an angular finger-piece or lever 12, the horizontal arm of which is adapted to project, as shown, through the slotted opening 9 of the outletneck 8.

On a short neck-like circular flange 13, which is formed about the valve-opening on the upper side of the faucet-body, I pivot a toothed wheel 14, the upper surface of the latter being provided with numbered graduation-marks. At one side of the wheel 14 I pivot on a stud 15, which rises from the upper side of the faucet-head l, a hub-like body 16, on the upper Aend of which is carried astar or four-pointed wheel 17 and on the lower portion Vot' which Vis carried a pinion-wheel 18, the latter gearing with the Wheel 14. The iingers or points ot` the upper or star wheel 17 are adapted to project one at a time within the path of the pin 19, which projects laterally from the valve-body 2. Rising from the faucet body or head at a point on the opposite side of the wheel 14 from that occupied by the stud 15 is a stud or pin 20, on which is rotatably mounted a disk 21., provided with numbered graduations on its upper side, said `disk being connected with and carrying a `star-wired 22, one point of which is adapted to project within the path of a vertical pin or stud 23, which is on the upper side of the wheel 14. OnV the upper end of the pin or stud 20 is carried a fixed indicator-hand 24, and a similar indicator-hand 25 is caused to project from the iiange or projection 13,which is on the upper side of the faucet-body. In the construction of the casing or cup 4 I preferably form the same with a vertical slotted opening, which is filled by a glass plate, such as is indicated at 26, this plate being preferably providedwith numbered graduation` marks arranged one above the other.

In utilizing my device the tapering end portion of the faucet 1b is inserted in a barrel or cask in the usual manner. Assuming that the parts are in the position shown in the drawings, the operation of my device is as follows: The valve 2 is so turned as to bring the upper arm of said passage 3 into communication with the faucet-passage 1c, with the result that the liquid from the barrel or Cask is directed into the cup or casing 4. When said easing is filled, which tact may be determined by viewing the liquid through the glass plate 26, the valve 2 is given a halftu rn, thus cutting oft communication between its passage 3 and the faucet-passage lC and bringing the disk 5 to such position that when the plug and its stem 1I is raised the pin eX- tension 11n of said stem may pass through the opening 6 ot the disk 5 and into the socket or recess 7. The raising of the plug 10 and its stem 1I thus serves the double purpose of opening the outlet S and permitting the contents of the casing 4 to be discharged and of locking the valve 2 against rotation until the plug is again in ils closed position. ItWill be observed that when the handle portion 12 of the plug 10 is so turned thatits outwardlyextending arln is within one ofthe horizontal arms of the slot 9 said plug. is locked against voluntary upward movement in rotating the valve. I preferably forni the upper end of said valve with a key-receiving socket 27, which is so formed as to receive the lower end of a stem of a key 28, which has one of its sides flattened, as indicated at 29, the object in thus forming the lower end portion ot' the key-stem and the valve-receiving socket being to indicate to the eye by the position of the head ot' the key when'the valve is in its complete open or closed position. In the operation above described of turning the valve 2 the projecting pin 19 of the valveby contact with one ot' the fingers or projections ot' lthe star-wheel 17 results in turning said star-wheel a predetermined distance and in a consequent turning of the pinion 1S and whee` 14, with the result that the fixed hand 25 indicated by its position over said Wheel 14 that the valve has been turned t0 a position for filling the vessel. In again closing the valve or turning the same to the position indicated in Fig. l the valve is rotated in the same direction as in the opening operation before described, the valve-pin 19 being thus brought in position to contact with another of the projections or fingers of the star-wheel 17. It is obvious that on the relative size and number and disposition of the teeth ot' the Wheel 14 and pinion 18 will depend the extent ot' movement of said wheel 14 when the valve is turned, and the numbered graduations on the wheel 14 may be arranged accordingly. It will also be seen that at each complete revolution of the wheel 14 the pin 23 is brought into contact with one of the fingers or projections of the star-Wheel 22, with the result that the graduated disk 2l is partially rotated. The numbered graduations on the disk 2l are so arranged as to cause the hand 24 to indicate on said disk the number of complete rotations of the Wheel 14. It will thus be seen that the different operations of filling the casing or cup 4 will be registered first on the wheel 14 and from the latter transmitted to the wheel 2l. In order to insure the rotation of the valve in one direction only, and thus insure the registering operation above described, I provide an inclined spring-strip 30, one end of which is secured, as shown, to the upper side ot' the faucet-head and the remaining end ot' which projects in the path of the pin projection 19. I also provide on the opposite side of the pinion 18 a similar spring-strip 31, which is adapted to be pressed outward by contact with the projections of the star-Wheel 17 as the latter is rotated, the free end lof said spring-strip dropping after each of said contacts between two of said star projections and preventing a reverse rotation of said starwheel.

From the construction and operation herein described it will be seen that simple, reliable, and effective means are provided for drawing liquid from a cask, for measuring the saine, and registering the number of such measurements.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a faucet, the combination with the faucet-body comprising the head and tubular spigot and a rotatable Valve intersecting,r the inner end of the spigot-passage, said valve having an angular passage as described, of a casing supported from the head of the faucet and in communication with the valve-passage, said casing having an outlet-neck in its lower side, a disk on the lower end of the valve having an eccentrically-located opening therein, a plug adapted to close said outlet-neck, said plug having a stein portion adapted when the plug is raised from its seat in the neck to engage the opening in said valve-disk, substantially as specified.

FREDERICK SCHUELER.

In presence ofi C. C. SHEPHERD, A. L. PHELrs.

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